Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1922, Page 1

| FINAL | OLUME VIL. -IEDITION, BANKE Ghe Casper Daily Cribune * /NO RULING IN | PACKER CASE'™ President Harding and Advisers “Pass WILL OPEN IN CASPER THURSDAY \ COAST FLYERS JOIN IN SEARCH “= Buck” on Application tor Merger of and Morris Plants ‘ CASPER, WY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1922. a a S MARKETS TER. = PORTS | NUMBER 55. - Community Chest Program Urged at Forum SOCIETY AWE ORGANIZED } 4 | One Big Campaign to Finance All Movements Is Proposed for Another Year; Garbage Disposal fs Discussed; Mu- nicipal Incinerator Is Held Possible Bom Casper will have a community chest instead of being bothered with the dozen drives a year which it now has to contend with. ting rid of It will also form EB. ken, rintendent “ay. jj.) €0n_of the Casper Chamber of Commerce this noon. On MeLeackens: see indent of the Wyoring .Cbil From the trend of the remarks made by this speaker and also by others who were called upon, it is very evident that Casper is moving speedily toward one gigantic drive |dren’s Itome society, was in Casper yesterday making prep-| | Armour - WASHINGTON, Dec..12.—President Harding and his ad- visers have decided that there is no obligation on the part, of the administration to act on the application of Armour & Co. to buy the assets of Morris & Co., another of the Chicago big five packers, The decision in which Attorney General Daugherty and Secretary Wellace of thé department of agiicufture concurred was com- mukicated to the senate late today by Beoretary Wallace in response tu a resolution of inquiry. The secretary said he had been studying the: prob- able effects upon competition if the so-called Armour-Mor4* merger should become effective ‘and added SAN. FRANCISCO, Dec. Seven arm; airp anes tinder com- mand of Major George H, Brett, chief of the air service in the ninth corps area, left a DON A. TOLBERT, CONTRACTOR, IS 12.— | of the army planes making thelr | “as yet nc occasion seems to ha’ arisen which requires formal action”! ‘The opinion by Attorney General Daugherty also Wansmitred to the senate held that Secretary Wallace had power unr the packer othtro} act to investigate violations of the law, should there be any in the pro- posed purchase of the Morris assets by Armour and company. flying base will make any flights tedaz in search of the two missing aviators,.Co!onel Marshal] and Lieu- weartd: tis pesca for eh Seonetion lor the fights into, Mexico this, more: ing. was tat all thep innes had had two days of bard work and.were in ARRESTED ON LARCENY CHARGE; $4,079 SAID TO BE INVOLVED “Don A. Tolbert, alleged silent partnerin the Stryker Con- struction company, which yesterday completed the work on the rip-rap at the Casper municipal pumping plant west of the city, was arrested yesterday in Denver on the complaint of a loca] bank, charged with grand larceny to the extent of $4,079.59. H. L. Seidel, formeé¥ty understierift in’ Natrona county, will leaye for Denver on this evening's train, armed with extradition papers, in the hope of having Tolbert returned to Casper immediately for a preliminary hear. ing. Agcording to an official of the bank whith signed the complaint . Tolbert assigned an estimate on the city for the foregoing amount to the bank last September. Some timo later he sent his financial agent in Casper to the city officials, obtained tle eatimate in quest{on and deposited ft to his credit on the account of the Stryker Construction «company, He then checked against it. The bank:‘gave him a reasonable amount of time to my'e the amount good before filing the complaint with M. W.. Purcell, prorecuting attorney. The complaint was filed vesterday and Tolbert was picked up the same (ay in Denyer on information for ‘warded by the authorities here. i Petart ts karat LATE SPORTS RED FLAG WAVES NEAR COMMONS Slain. Deputy To Have Public Funeral, Cork GORK, Dec. 12.—The body of Sean Hales, the Free State deputy’ astaset- nated in Dublin last week, arrived here today aboard a steamer. It was immediately transported to the Catho- Mo cathedral to await the public fu- neral tomorrow. . ‘The remains were accorded military honors and the streets from the quay. to the cathedral were crowded with thousands of citizens, rf PRESBYTERIANS WILL ERECT NEW EDIFICE The erection of a new Presbyterian church will be recommended to the congregation on December 24 at the morning service, according to a resolution which was unanimously | adopted at'a joint meeting of .The proposed church will be built on the grounds at Wolcott and Eighth streets, and a! thorough and systematic campaign for funds will be begun immediately after the holidays, if the proposal is acc« ted by No statement of the. va. of the} LONDON, Dec. 12—(By. The As- eoctated Press}—A turbulent, but short lived scene wag staged this afternoon in the great csntral hall adjoning the lobby of the house of commony whey the police ejected a crowd of fifty unemployed men, who had inyaded the place and be- gan singing the “Red Fisg”’ and waving placards. The demonstrators had entered the hall in small parties, When they had assembled in sufflicently strong mumbers they joined forces and began their singing and placard waving, This was ihe signal for | intervention by the police, who cut | the demonstration short by the s§ecUion: of the ridnifestants. aratione for the drive which will start next Thursday in be- half of the society. The drive will be an endeavor to raise | $8,000 in Natrona county. | Mr. McCracken who was accom- church, lodge, club or society to hetp | panied by Mrs, McCracken, bpought/it in its hcur of need. This work is two babies with him, one a boy and| supported entirely by voluntary do-| the other a girl, which he placed in| nations and subscription. Every dol-| Casper homes. : lar is a great help to it. Mr, and Mra. McCracken will re- each year to take care of all charities instead of the many little drives which are noW driving the bisiness men of the city to @ state of mania, The remarks alao indicated that Cas per may have.an incinerator to burn all garbage, A very’ comprehensive explanation of how a community chest woutd work and’ some of the problems and perila encountered was made by Mr . who comes from a city wh! uses this jan with eplendid resul Mr. Olson's statement was to the effect that the very best brains of the a some effective method of get- garbage. This is the supposition drawn from the statements made at fhe lunch- for the purpose of running the matter. This council would he reasonably large and) would have fin executive head, It would represent all the dif ferent charitable agegcies in the city nd would If necessary employ some of its help, Every institytion desiring city should be appointed to a counctl money for its work would. be required | society turn to Casper Thuraday to assist in. the drive, 3 “The Wyoming Chil¢ren's: Home is non-sectarian,” McCracken yesterday. “It is organ- ined for the people of Wyoming. to care for, our noreels children. Our constitution that in & board of twenty-one directors no. more than five can belong to any one denomination. It is a charity supported entirely by those in sym- Pathy with tts work. “The Children’s Home society tries to wecure for every homeless and ne- glected child in {ts cere the samy love and the samo opportuntties that you would wish your own child: to Teneive should it be left an orphan ‘and homeless. “The greatest need and immediate need of this society at this time’ is more monéy to continue its great work. Tho society looks to you, and ‘esch jof-you, your. friends, your CO-OPERATIVE) AGENCIES PAY CHICAGO, Dec. 12— Co-dperative agriculture organizations In foreign countries with one exception are pay- ing big dividends through increased Prices for products which farmers sell, and lower prices for the articles they purchase, Samuel Adams, presi- dent of the American Agircultura! Editors association today told . the ‘American. Farm Bureau - association. Mr. Adams visitec Great Britain, France, Germany and other countries as @ representa‘ive of the federation fo’ study agricultural organizations and laws. Great Britain was the one country in which agriciltural co-operation. is success, due, he stated, to the was organized by government appropriations and no+ through a de- mand for the farmers.” COTTON CROP | HAS SLUMP “WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Reducing said Mr.| _FLAYED, BREAKDOWN IN REVENUES IS PREDICTED TAX FREE SECU Epidemic of Stock Dividends Is Also In| . equitable, Farm Bureau Taxation Di- rector Declares in Address Z nd : CHICAGO, Dec. 12.—A_ complete breakdown of the na- tional revenue system unless tax free securities are prohib-} ited, was predicted here today by T- G. McKenzie, taxation | director 3 the AmeMéay Farm Bureau federation, in an ad- } before the fourth snnual ¢anvention of the organiza- tion.s»He-alvo advocated: the taxatibn of ‘national banks. The dwindling revenue from. theycan liquidate and pay.enly 12% per} ‘teleral: income jax,’ Mr, McKenitsle pSeAt instead o¢ fhe regular surtax | | charged, Ikergely, due, from ertors| ‘Which ‘runs te 50 per cent,’ ‘ The: personnel of the tax depart: | in thé-1921 tax law'énd the existene)!mant, he déslaréd needs strengthen. of abort $16,000,000,000 of tax trxt! the and he cited two instances wherr- | \ qnouriiies. ‘The report of the secté.|in he charged the: department: lost tary of the treasury for this fisce| Valuable men because of an Inability |to pay adequate salaries. year, 1922, which has just beén pre-| cent of the excess profits’ tax, he sented to congress shows that thére| gaia, should, come in event tho. 1921 are only, 395 persons) in the United! tax law does not produce sufficient | States paying on taxable tncomen pf! pavenue. $200,000 and up. ‘Where is all the! money. In tax free securities, Un-| less issuing of tex freo recuritics is stopped, it will wreck our«tax sys- tem.” |. Hevasserted what ho calla detects! in the present bill should be remedied | ° at once. | “There th an epidemic of stock divi- ends," he continued. “Within 40) j@ays they amount to -§1,600,000,000, | The reason {a not far to seek. If the| Teciepients’| have owned | the original | shares “for two years or more they} BY TUR "ONE AMERICAN PEKING, Dec. 12.—(By The Asso- ‘ciated Press)—Ariton Lundeen, of Reiristate: |° —|to come into the council and work Watch Tribune . Wednesday for Prize Awards Winners of the Jiggs drawing contest staged Dy The Tribune in connection with Jiggs’ visit to Casper in person this week with the . muskal. domed "Father on His Vacation,” wil he announged toméerrow from among several bun- dred contetsants whose drawings were still piling up this afternoon, The deluge promised to continue until the contest ends at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The best drawings will be sub- mitted fo Miss Sarah Crumpton, art supervisor in the Casper schools who has kindly consented to make the awards. Watch the Tribune tomorrow for announcement of the winners, ‘GREEKS BLAMED KS FOR LATE TRACEDIES \PRRRA Emer esponsibility for Sacking and Burning ‘RARDITS FREE | . of Smyrna Disputed at Peace Meet- ing; Reparations Talked . } LAUSANNE, Dec. 12.— (By The Asociated Press.) —The | debate between Turkey and Greece over the question Of} tion company. ite forecast, made in October by UL} Newman Grove, Neb.,' a “missionary 000 bales, the department of agricul-/ -which nation is responsible forthe tragedy of Smyrna con-| ture In its final estimate of the sea-| son today, pinced the total produc. | tion of cotton this year at 9.964,000 bales. ‘The estimate ix smaller than} kidnaped by band'te-in Hpnan pro-} vince on Oct6ber 133, last, has been released," it waz announced here to- Gay. 3 Three other Americas aré still held any of the four forecasts made th’@, captive and the diplomatic corps here | season which were based on condi-|.has appointed a commission which tion of the crop in the various montha| will start for Horan province Thurs-| of the growing season. day, to negotiate the'r release, the. elders andtrustees held last night, } Teal crime of the Asia Minor the congregation. neW structure would be divulged by} the officers today, This’ will be forth- coming’at a meeting on December 24. The board of officers consists of the following: Elders, L. A. Reed, G. L. Ladbury, FP. B, Firmin, D, M. Ha‘ncs, W, R. NlaxGregor, JW. Longshore, J. C. Ross, C, H. Me- Comb, and H.‘C. Bretschneider; trus- tees: O,'L, Walicer, T. 8.\Foster, W. H Leavitt, Charles A, Yowler, Earl D. Holmes, W, BM, Yard and C. H. Gompf, NORTHAMPTON, Eng., Dec. Mrs. Irene Oigood, novelist and play wright, die] at her home here t« after a inonths filness. She was born in the United States and réta‘ng . tinues to form a dominant factor at the Near East conference. Ismet Pasha says he is quite wi delegates hope to frame shall Turkey “Guring ‘the great war, but, ment to the allied nations for the damages their nationals suffered in that on the other hand he will tnstst upon relmburaement. by Greece for the tosses sustained by the Turks tn Asia Minor at the hands of the ro- treating Greek Army. Former Premier Venizelos insists that the Greeks burned ‘only through Milnross city. He declares that the cam- palgn was the action of the Turkish troops in outraging aud shooting Greek residents, eacking homes and deporting: hundreds: of thousands of destitute human beings, If Turkey expects reparations from: Greece, M, Venizelos says he! will present a bill for the horrors and} injustices’ suffered by the Greeks, The question of the Ottoman debt Is} developing as a danger point in the negotiations. and the Litter Turkis Grecian dispute which is based onj something more than a question of} money, is serving to make settlement | SENATE PASSES | TREASURY BILL WASHINGTON, Dec, 13.—An- othen record in speeding appropria-» tion in the present session of con- gress was made today ‘when the senate passed after a short debate the $115,000,006. treasury appropria- tion measure, the first of a supply of hills, which passed the house only last faturday. WASHINGTON, Dev. 12.—The ap. Propriation of $9,990,000 carried’ in the treasury supply bill for tho en- forcement of prohfbition during the next fiscal year was declared by | Senator Broussard; Democrat, 10u- isiana, in a speech in the éenate today to be inadequate and let make the dry law effective even among | goyernment officials and among | those who forced the ighteenth mdment and the Volstead law | lling that the treaty which the provide for a system of pay: of the whole problem exceedingly dif. | through Jt. | Bach organization that received monuy from the chest would be re- quired* to make, periodical reports which would state the amount ft had jbéen allowed by thé cotnoll, the jamount {t had spent during the lest |period, and the amount {t Intentied to |spend during the next period. | The identity of each “organization | would not be lost, for the public would jbe educated thrugh its reports and in various waya with the activities of the individual organizations. aver tising for a drive would be done by all the organizations together at a price which would admit of each body get- ting more’ publicity then tf it tried to go on {ts own force in patting ics proposition before the people. An expert accountant would be «m- ployed by the common coungil to keep all business straight. Mfr. Olson sald [that at the nresent time there are |many small organizations which keep but “haphasard records ef their work. If the communityichest were Kfopted \fhey would be required. to records. ‘They: would al: sbown that thelr duty to the pubUe goes on after they have obtained the money for carrying out their plans. Regerding an incinerator, Mr. Olson stated, “there isn't amy money in the garbage business,” He showed where other methods of disposing of the jSarbage, such a& fe*d'ng iti to hogs, or converting it inte eeonom'c prod tcts were both expensive and ineffi ‘cient. According to the ide@ of the man jfrom Minneapolis, the ctiy should. di- age, No contract should be let to. an individual concern. ‘The , garbage could be gotten rid of at a price un- der 30 cents per capita per annum. Mr. Olson snid that he had been very glad to learn that Casper Is working toward a city zoning system jand he stated that it was the only sane method of city planning. Attorney E. H. Foster remarked that he was investigating the question of whether or not Casper may grant | &n exclusive contract to a concern for |the hauling of all garbage. He has but recentiz carried a case between [the city of Casper and the City Sant- jtation company to the atate supreme jcourt, The company was protesting jagainst the permitting @ other mati concerns or individualé to haul garb- jage since it interfered with the con- |tract entered into by the City Sanita- A restraining Injune- tion was asked which was not ob tained. The board of Airectors of the cham er Of cmmerce will appoint a com- mites to confer with the city council and ,to co-operate with that body tn rect'y control the hauling of the garb- | ficult. regard to the garbage question SHIP ON ROCKS CREW IS SAFE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., "Dec, 12:—The crew of the Brit- ish steamer Orteric, which {s on the rocks at Fish Rock, off the California coast ten miles south of Point Arena, was be- ing transferred to the steamer Cotton Plant at 8 a. m., ac- cording to a wireless message received by the Federal Tele- HOLDUP TODAY And Make Escape This by Is Crowded KANSAS CITY, Dee. 12.— While the main lobby of the live stock exchange building was filled with cattle commis- sion men: and stockyards em- ployes this afternoon, three bandits shot and probably fatally wounded Thomas F. A, Henry, or@tiit manager of the Drovers National bank, and escaped with loot reported to be $96,000. MINNESOTA BANK ALSG ROBBED. HUGO, Minn., Dec. 12.—Three masked ren held up the bank here today, forced F: E. Carpenter, ass! ant cashier @id @ customer into directors’ room and _ escaped $3,860 mostly in cash. 19,000 LOOT FF (CAGO HOLDUP. CHICAGO, Dec. 12.--Pour bandits held up a messenger for the Loan Square Trust and Savings bank and robbed him of $19,000 today tn thé busy. Logan Square busienss tdistrict, > NOLIVES LOST . | IN- BREAKING OF BIG DAMS DULUTH, Minn., returning from the lower points of the Iron river today, reported no loss of life had apparently been caus- ed to settl by the flood which swept down the river early today when the Mud lake power dam went out, P. J. Savage, eCitor sf the Iron River, (Wis.) iPoneer told’ she Asso- elated Press over the lony distance telephone. Dec. 12.—Persons SUPERIOR, Wis., Dec. 12.—Thrée dams in Iron river went out early today when Mud lake reservoir a mile and a half south of the town of Iron | River, broke from the force of stored water. Sweeping alon gits course, the river caught Northern Pacific and South Shore bridges and tore them from their piers cutting off train nervice from the east into the twin ports. Iron River is left without elec tric light po BONUS URGED BY SIMMONS WASHINGTON, Dec. 12¢*Declan ing that bonus to soldiers was as justifiable “a bonus to the ship oper. ators,” Senator Slmmons, Democrat, North Carolina, today reintroduced | the solcler bonus bill vetoed by Presl- jdent Harding in an amendment to ths administration sbipping bill. “Fire Bug” Is Under Arrest graph company here. bo abandoned as the damage is too ATTLE sh., Dec. 12.——Sohn -. |Serlous to attempt a tow, according| Berkebile, wanted at Dodson, Mont, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dee, .12, to a wireless message recetved from|on a charge of arson was aryested The British freight steamer Orteric,| the Orteric at 10:20 am. by the fed-lhere last night and is being held) for carrying 65 persons, aground off Fish Rock, on the California coast 56 milex north of point Iteyes, was sighted at 140 a, m. today by the steamer Hlsegundo, according to a wireless message received at the Federa! Telegrapa oompapy’g radio station here, The Elsegundo teft San Fran cisco last night to rescue the Orteric, ‘The Hlsegundo reported the Orteric wes being pounded on a steep coast and that it was unlikely any of the crew had gone ashore but that it would not be difficult to effect a res- cte from the seaside, FRANCIS! Cal., Deo. steamer ¢ Ih Rock SAN The on north eral Wireless company ation’ here. Montena aut | GREAT NARCOTIC RING REVEALED NEW YORK, Dec, 13—Narcotics valued at $50,000 and the nimes and | addresses of about 1,000 persons | sald by the police to be selling | agents and addicts were seized carly | today by Depu ‘© Commis- sioner Carlton Simon and a force of agents. William Williams, in whose apartment the drugs were found, »' was arrested and is Geld for inves: tigation. | Among the selzed letters and cards, Deputy Commissioner sald, was ove from a well known motion picture actor-in Hollywood, Cal, indicating that the actor acted as a selling agent. California au- thorities were notified of the seizure and requested to make an inyesti- i gation, Bandits Execute Holdup Afternoon While Lob- ; roid i, $96,000 IS TAKEN K C.STOGKYARDS: INSTITUTION 1S SCENE OF BOLD. ] (ag. us iw tal he